C6 Corvette Fender Flares - A Flare Of The Dramatic

Specter Werkes' C6 Rear-Fender Flares Let You Put More Rubber To The Road

Rear-spoiler InstallationWhile fitting the Group 6 flares on our blue C6 photo car, Specter decided to add its rear spoiler as well. It, too, comes ready to paint and is even easier to install than the flares. Mounting holes are drilled into the top of the rear fascia, after which the spoiler is affixed with a combination of bolts and adhesive tape. Follow along as we take you through the highlights of the installation.

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C6 Corvette Fender Flares - A Flare Of The Dramatic

With an engine package that upped power to the rear wheels considerably, the C6's stock, 10-inch-wide tires were verging on inadequate. Of course, it was only a few years ago that a 285-series, 19-inch-diameter tire was considered a steamroller.

Installation begins with measuring the outer boundaries for the flare. Here, a tape mark approximately 4.5 inches up from the rocker denotes the lower edge of the flare. A similar tape mark is made at the opposite side of the wheel house.

Next, the flare is positioned against the fender and lined up against the bottom-edge tape marks. Then masking tape is applied to the fender to mark the outer edge of the flare.

Time for nerves of steel: With the outer edge of the flare indicated by the tape, the rear fender sheetmetal is trimmed according to Specter's instructions.

When the steel nibbling is completed, there should be an approximately 1-inch space between the tape and the edge of the fender. This space will be used to affix the flare.

A Scotch-Brite pad is used to scuff up the sheetmetal onto which the flare will mount. This will help it adhere.

The Specter kit also includes wheel-house-liner extenders, which are easily installed by first drilling some mounting holes.

Then the new liners are pop-riveted into place.

Specter recommends using Fusor or a similar bonding agent to affix the flares to the fenders. This is professional stuff and not easily accessible to the novice.

Finally, the flare is pressed in place. The Fusor adhesive holds it to the fender.

Some tape holds the flare in the correct position while the Fusor adhesive sets, usually overnight.

The flares add a significant amount of tire space to the Corvette's rear end. Here's the flare and a stock tire.

Here's the flared fender filled out with 335/30-20 rubber. The extra width makes all the difference in the world and gives the car a decidedly track-ready stance.

Specter's Group 6 rear lip spoiler is a subtle-yet-effective means of adding flair to the truncated appearance of the C6. It costs $495.

After painting, installation begins with laying the spoiler on the rear fascia. Paper mounting templates are taped to the fascia once the spoiler is correctly positioned.

When the spoiler is removed, the templates remain, providing the precise positions to drill for the mounting hardware.

Specter designed the spoiler to use the taillamp holes for hardware access, making the job much faster and easier to complete.

The taillamps are removed with a single fastener each. They are popped out to provide access to the spoiler's mounting holes.

The spoiler is lowered into place. In addition to the quartet of bolts, a strip of adhesive on the bottom of the spoiler helps hold it down.

Finally, the spoiler's bolts are torqued down, and the taillamps replaced.

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